U.S. Masters Swimming

Ithaca will be hosting their first LCM meet this summer on Saturday, July 14th. As many of you know, they are a long-time host of a short course yards event in December. This facility was completed just last summer and those that attended the December meet will attest to its quality. This is a rare opportunity for a LCM meet in Niagara, so we hope you will come out to join the fun! Head on over to the calendar for more details, or click this link: Ithaca LCM meet info page.

For anyone needing accommodations, I would recommend checking out the Cornell University Travel Portal. The links on the left menu detail the hotels as well as bed & breakfasts in the Ithaca area.

You can make a weekend out of the visit as Ithaca rests at the bottom tip of Cayuga Lake. The Cayuga Wine Trail has over a dozen wineries as well as other attractions along the way!

It was a successful meet for Niagara. Our very own BUMS squad came in first place for large team scores with 1,842.5 points! There were a few other swimmers from Niagara not affiliated with the BUMS. In total, we had 9 swimmers break 22 Niagara LMSC records.You can see the list of record breakers on the results page for the event (there is one page for the BUMS affiliated swimmers and another for non-BUMS). Additionally, there were a few swimmers who broke Colonies Zone Championship Meet Records!

The meet results for the Binghamton University Masters Swim Meet have been posted on our site as well as uploaded to USMS.org. Please go to our Results section for more information.

There were three LMSC records broken (a fourth is posted on the record breakers sheet, but it is from an Adirondack swimmer, therefore ineligible). At the conclusion of the Short Course Yards season, the yards records file (pdf) will be updated.

Some photos taken during the meet were added to our Gallery. If you would like to send in photos for any masters event, please contact the webmaster.

Colonies Zone Championships are taking place next weekend in Virginia. Entries are due by tomorrow, April 6th, at midnight. There are over 25 Niagara LMSC athletes already entered in the meet, most of them from BUMS.

USMS Nationals are in North Carolina at the end of the month. Entries are closed for that competition. There are 10 Niagara swimmers registered for that meet.

The Speedo USMS One Hour Postal Championship was held between January 1st and 31st. All of the results were recently compiled. In the Small Team Division, Niagara placed 1st for Women (1-9 swimmers) and 2nd place Combined (1-19 swimmers). The BUMS also had several members competing. Full results can be viewed at this link: 2012 Long Distance Championships.You can also read about upcoming Open Water and Long Distance Championship events at that link. Every year, there is a 5k/10k Championship (LCM) and a 3k/6k Championship (SCY). There are also a series of Open Water swims, ranging from 1 to 9+ miles.

There are two Fitness Events in 2012. The first is the Check-Off Challenge which challenges members to complete 18 pool events (can be done in practice or in a meet) as well as one open water swim. The other event is Go The Distance. There is no cost to the event, you simply enter the event and track your swim mileage in the online Fitness Log (FLOG) each day. As you reach milestones, you can even win awards from Nike! Niagara had over a dozen members registered for this event last year. Nationally, there are over 2,800 members participating in this event.

USMS finalized the Top Ten list for the 2011 SCM season. As previously reported, Ann Marie Crye and Louise Murray both made the list. Congrats! The complete listings can be viewed at the USMS site.

Subsequently, The Niagara SCM records have been updated. Please go to the Records tab for that information.

Additionally, USMS released the list of All-Americans for 2011. To accomplish this feat, the swimmer must have the top time nationally in their age group in an event. Niagara had several swimmers make the list!